The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on well-being of Italian physicians: a report from the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI) national survey.
COVID-19
Healthcare
SARS-CoV-2
Well-being
Work-related stress
Journal
Internal and emergency medicine
ISSN: 1970-9366
Titre abrégé: Intern Emerg Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101263418
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2023
01 2023
Historique:
received:
25
06
2022
accepted:
17
09
2022
pubmed:
2
10
2022
medline:
1
2
2023
entrez:
1
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Over the past few years, COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a high toll worldwide, with a high burden of morbidity and mortality. Healthcare practitioners (HCPs) have been in the frontline since the beginning of the outbreak, and the high level of stress have affected their physical and mental status, as well as their relationships. We aimed at exploring the self-reported changes in comprehensive well-being in a cohort of Italian physicians. An online-based survey was administered to the members of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI) between March and June 2021. The survey was based on 32 multiple-choice questions exploring self-reported physical and mental well-being, as well as changes in workloads, work-related feelings and physicians' relationship with patients, colleagues and families. 228 physicians (mean age: 35.7 ± 9.8 years) participated in the survey; 120 (52.6%) were residents, 196 (86.0%) worked in COVID-19 units and 65 (28.5%) had COVID-19 during the pandemic. A significant proportion of respondents reported to have experience onset or worsening of physical and mental symptoms, with insomnia/sleep disorders (58.3%) and mood swings (47.8%) being the most common, respectively. The burden of physical and mental consequences was broadly higher among residents compared to specialists, with the former reporting more frequently an increase in the number of worked hours (p = 0.020) and being more frequently infected with COVID-19 (35.0% vs. 21.3, p = 0.032). Moreover, familiar and doctor-patient relationships were also considerably affected. Physicians have been suffering a wide spectrum of physical, mental and relational consequences during COVID-19 pandemic, with youngest doctors being more likely to present several physical and mental health symptoms. Further studies are needed to evaluate long-term consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of HCPs, and potential preventive strategies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36183031
doi: 10.1007/s11739-022-03108-4
pii: 10.1007/s11739-022-03108-4
pmc: PMC9526381
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
53-65Investigateurs
Giuseppe Armentaro
(G)
Maria Immacolata Arnone
(MI)
Milena Barone
(M)
Leonardo Bencivenga
(L)
Lorenzo Bertolino
(L)
Sara Bianco
(S)
Nicolò Binello
(N)
Simona Brancati
(S)
Elena Buzzetti
(E)
William Capeci
(W)
Sebastiano Cicco
(S)
William Cordeddu
(W)
Rosa Curcio
(R)
Andrea Dalbeni
(A)
Marco D'Abbondanza
(M)
Salvatore D'Agnano
(S)
Damiano D'Ardes
(D)
Martina De Feo
(M)
Salvatore Di Marca
(S)
Emilia Donnarumma
(E)
Marco Fei
(M)
Emanuele Filippini
(E)
Carmine Gabriele Gambino
(CG)
Rosa Lombardi
(R)
Alberto Maria Marra
(AM)
Massimo Mattioli
(M)
Giuseppe Miceli
(G)
Silvia Noviello
(S)
Gaia Olivieri
(G)
Donatella Padula
(D)
Roberta Parente
(R)
Chiara Pes
(C)
Salvatore Piano
(S)
Francesca Serena Pignataro
(FS)
Sonia Poma
(S)
Enrica Porceddu
(E)
Marco Ricchio
(M)
Giulio Francesco Romiti
(GF)
Anna Sabena
(A)
Marco Salice
(M)
Andrea Salzano
(A)
Moris Sangineto
(M)
Ambra Savona
(A)
Caterina Savrié
(C)
Mario Stabile
(M)
Nicola Susca
(N)
Giovanni Talerico
(G)
Thomas Teatini
(T)
Elisabetta Tombolini
(E)
Matteo Traversa
(M)
Elia Vettore
(E)
Alessandro Vignali
(A)
Rosanna Villani
(R)
Luca Vilardi
(L)
Vincenzo Zaccone
(V)
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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